“······What? “Master is testing the kids themselves?”
It was around the evening of the first day of training when I heard that Master had begun a test to evaluate Utopia party members.
Perhaps because it was in front of the party members, the sparring was a little more intense than usual and I had to take care of it.
So, as soon as I heard the news, I tried to go straight to the training center where the exam was taking place.
“No.”
Shin Se-hee gently pressed my shoulder.
When I looked at him as if asking what I was doing, Shin Se-hee opened his mouth.
“This is a message from instructor Baek Seol-hee. “You must not approach the training center while the test is in progress.”
“·······Why?”
“Your presence is a hindrance.”
“······.”
Since Master said so, there was nothing I could do there.
All I can do is anxiously wait.
Fortunately, it doesn’t take long.
Ichika delivered the news of her passing.
“Pass. I am number one.”
I couldn’t help but be quite surprised that the first person to pass was Ichika.
Because I took first place in the teacher’s test, beating out all the other Utopia party members.
‘As expected, is Ichika a 5-star character?’
Since she is a hidden character that no one can obtain in-game, there is nothing strange about it having crazy performance.
“Did I do well?”
Ichika asked, tilting her head with an expressionless face.
“Yes, really. Thank you for your hard work. “Master’s test must not have been easy.”
“That’s right, I almost died. So, compensation.”
“Yes? Compensation?”
“Yes, because it’s first place. “Two.”
“······Say it.”
“Please let me know too.”
I was nervous about what kind of reward Ichika, who is difficult to read, wanted,
It was a request that was surprisingly easy to grant.
‘Well, it’s strange that you speak informally to all the other party members, but only use polite language to Mr. Ichika.’
I nodded readily.
“Yes I will. No, okay, okay. Let’s do that.”
“Hurray. And the next reward. Now”
Ichika then suddenly lowered his head towards me.
“······?”
“What are you doing. “Pat my head.”
Ichika bowed his head towards me and said that.
“······Head?”
“Yes, this is my second reward.”
I had no choice but to pat her head with a shocked expression.
‘This person is truly unpredictable. But the hair is so soft!’
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Almost an hour. After being stroked, she nodded her head, satisfied with her messy hair.
“It’s not enough, but I can survive for a week with this.”
Following. That night.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A sudden knocking sound as if breaking down the door.
I was lying in bed and woke up.
“Nurungi······.”
The person who opened the door and came in was Kang Do-hee.
“Poppy! Did you pass!?”
“Yeah, but that’s not what I came to say.”
Chuck.
She suddenly pointed her finger at me.
“You.”
“······Huh?”
“Promise.”
“What, what?”
“If you have a training like this next time, you will never do it alone without me.”
“Yeah, yeah. Okay...”
Kang Do-hee said that in a somewhat pouty tone, then turned his back and left.
Bang!
“Poppy! “You worked hard—!”
Day 4.
Sophia has come.
“Jin Yuhani-!! I passed—!!!”
Although she looked exhausted, she had a bright smile on her face.
“So, so, I shot the healing arrow upwards—! So, does the instructor say anything like this? Hmm, I used a shallow trick, but there’s nothing I can’t let you through.”
As she held me, she rambled on about how she was able to pass.
And day 6.
“Hueennnn—! Junior dear~!!!”
Gaeul Lim came back with teardrops hanging from the corners of her eyes, as if the shock of the exam had been so severe.
“I, I, you, I was so scared— Ugh—!”
I couldn’t help but look a little dead in my eyes as I accepted her whining.
‘Where on earth has this sister’s original image gone...’
In this way, the Utopia party members relayed news of their acceptance one after another.
Today is the long-awaited 7th day.
There is only one person left.
‘Umm... Is Gukbap ready yet...?’
Master said in a stern voice that if I did not pass his exam, I would not be qualified to be my colleague.
However, I wasn’t that worried.
Actually, Sophia and Lim Ga-eul, who I was most worried about, passed.
And.
‘There’s no way Master wouldn’t like our soup.’
If I had to choose just one person among the Utopia party members to show to my teacher, it would definitely be Yuri Lee.
However, the timing between the two was not right so they only got to know each other.
Gukbap is basically sincere,
Be strict with yourself,
Responsible,
His mental strength is also extraordinary.
Above all, there is ‘belief’ that is extremely strong.
It was hard to even imagine throwing away Yu-ri Lee, who had all the elements that the teacher would like.
‘Hmm, but I didn’t expect soup to take this long. Do you want to give me a separate lesson?’
As I was thinking about the composition of those two people, I suddenly heard a passing sound in my heart.
‘······Shall we go see it?’
Master threatened me never to come to the training ground,
I missed you.
How do those two people evaluate each other.
What kind of chemistry will they show again?
A scene where they nod their heads seriously while training with each other!
Honestly, how can I tolerate this?
Swoosh─
Once I made up my mind, I killed everything and headed to the training ground.
Midday when the sun is still up.
Instructor Baek Seol-hee, standing like a sword with a cold expression.
And Lee Yu-ri, who suffered injuries all over her body in front of him.
Yes, it was possible to get there.
But the scene that followed was completely different from what I expected.
Thump!
“Kwaaak!”
Bang!
“Ahh!”
Boom!
“Keuuuuu!!”
Yuri Lee rushes towards her teacher several times with her wounded body.
The instructor mechanically swings the sword in front of him without any change in expression.
Because it was a one-on-one situation from the beginning,
Even the provocation that Lee Yu-ri boasted had no effect.
How many times has that scene been repeated?
The sun slowly sets, until night falls.
‘······What is this?’
Yuri Yu-ri, even though she fell down dozens or hundreds of times, chewed her lip and ran again.
Desperately, desperately.
Like a person who challenges the impossible even though he knows it cannot be done.
Looking at her like that, I really wanted to stop her.
She doesn’t have to do this.
Even if you don’t do those things, you are still our proud tank.
I wanted to say something to her.
But, that could not be possible.
That would be throwing Yuri Lee’s will into the gutter.
So there was nothing I could do other than watch her bloody fight until the end.
It is now almost midnight.
Yuri was lying with her head on the floor, shaking her shoulders in frustration.
Gukbap was crying.
‘······Okay, let’s stop. Even if you don’t do that. I will never abandon you.’
Now, it’s time for the exam to end.
It was time for her to move on.
Suddenly, Yuri Lee raises her head.
She adjusted her shield again.
“I am—!!!”
Next, a bright blue glow emanating from two wet eyes.
“It’s Jin Yuha’s shield!!!!!!!!”
She ran away screaming.
“······!?”
And I could see clearly.
The brilliant light shines above her head
The halo of light soon enveloped Yu-ri Lee’s body her and inhabited her her body her
‘·······Crazy.’
I was holding my breath in a corner of the training ground, and for a moment I was so shocked that I almost screamed.
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Because I knew very well what this sight was.
It’s something I’ve experienced once with my own body, and a scene I’ve already seen countless times in games.
Rise in status.
In other words, it was a star-raising event.
A brilliant light surrounds her body.
And Yuri Lee blocks the teacher’s sword and raises her shield.
‘········How?’
I couldn’t help but look at the scene with a bewildered expression.
Lee Yu-ri, who was born with 3 stars.
She became a 4 star.
Even though I didn’t catch a devil like me.
‘Take advantage of the second half of the story. Do we have to grind goods and do it on our own...?’
It was when I opened my eyes like that.
“Student. Are you going to just keep watching there?”
Suddenly, Master turned his head towards me.
“······!”
“You disobeyed your teacher.”
“Oh, that’s it...”
“It is done. The punishment for that will be given in a later class. Quickly help this guy and go in.”
“Ah, ah, yes, ah, I understand!!”
As she hurriedly ran out and helped Yu-ri, who was naked, the broken shield next to her caught her eye.
‘Is this broken? Well, anyway, I also went through a star rating increase event this time. Yes, it’s time to get a new shield. Oh, by the way, Ichika should get a subspace tattoo too, right?’
When I was about to go back, thinking of Jammin, the most famous person at the Academy, in my head,
“Disciple.”
Master called me again.
“······Yes?”
“You have great colleagues.”
There’s no way he wouldn’t know that those words were directed at Yu-ri Lee.
I grinned and curled up the corners of my mouth.
“Yes that’s right.” Gukbap is my pride.”
“······.”
However, maybe he didn’t like that answer somehow.
Master glared at me with his brows furrowed.
“······I did this, but my abilities remain the same... “Is this something that only brings good things to others for no reason?”
I tried to explain what she was saying, but I couldn’t hear her voice.
“Yes? “What did you say?”
“Done. Get out quickly.”
“Why, why are you doing that...”
“Fuck off.”
“Yes, yes...!!”